Telling your “Daily Routine” in Marathi…..

Welcome to the very first class on ” Introduction to Marathi verbs”. Let’s learn Marathi verbs in present tense first.

Verbs show action. They show what main actor of your sentence is doing or what is happening around him.

” Ajay eats snakes”.

The main actor (noun) of this sentence is doing the action of “eating”.

The root verb here is ” To eat”. The root form is called infinitive form.

In English the infinitive of a verb is always ‘to ___’, i.e to read, to speak, to walk etc. No matter which tense you are talking in,the infinitive form remains same. It is the main identity of the verb.This form takes a different suffix in different tenses. Like in present tense ,to eat is used as “eat” , in past tense it becomes “ate” and in continuous tense it becomes “eat-ing”. Marathi is no different.The infinitive form of verb ends with “णे”. For example : उठ-णे (to wake ) , खा-णे(to eat) etc. Very similar to Hindi उठ-ना or खा-ना.

This infinitive form of the verb will take different suffixes in different tenses. In present tense, you say ” मी उठ-तो ( I wake up) or “मी खा-तो” (I eat) . The use of suffix ” तो-ती-ते depends upon the gender of actor of your sentence. e.g. ” सुलभ उठ-तो ” & ” राणी उठ-ते”.

Lets study only those Marathi verbs first which can be used in your day-to-day life.

Do not try to memorize.Read the following table and concentrate on the highlighted words.

मी उठ-तो/ते.

(mee uthto/te)

I wake up.

मी ब्रेड खा-तो/ते आणि दुध पि-तो/ते .

(mee bread khaato ani dudh pito/te)

I eat bread and drink milk.

मी शाळेत जा-तो/ते.

(mee shaalet jaato/te)

I go to the school.

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मी घरी ये-तो/ते .

(mee gharee yeto/te)

I come home.

मी क्रिकेट खेळ-तो/ते.

(mee cricket khelto/te)

I play Cricket.

.

मी होमवोर्क कर-तो/ते.

(mee homework karto/te)

I do homework .

मी TV बघ-तो/ते.

(mee tv baghto/te)

I watch TV.

मी झोप-तो/ते.

(mee zopto/te)

I sleep

Verbs in Marathi

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Question 1

अजय _________ . (Ajay wakes up)

A

खा-तो

B

बस-तो

C

उठ-तो

D

उठ-ते

Question 2

करीना पाणी ________ . (Kareena drinks water)

A

पि-तो

B

पि-ले

C

पि-ली

D

पि-ते

Question 3

कालिया नमक ________. (Kaliya eats Namak/salt)

A

पि-तो

B

खाता है

C

खा-ते

D

खा-तो

Question 4

बसंती ________ . ( Basanti Comes)

A

आली

B

आती है

C

ये-ते

D

ये-तो

Question 5

सचिन ________ . ( Sachin goes)

A

जा-तो

B

जा-त

C

जा-ते

D

जाईल

Question 6

मी होमवर्क _______. ( I do homework)

A

खा-तो/ते

B

कर-तो/ते

C

पि-तो/ते

D

झोप तो/ते

Question 7

सचिन क्रिकेट ______ (Sachin plays Cricket)

A

खेळ-तो

B

खेळ-ते

C

खेळ-ला

D

खेळ-णार

Question 8

आम्ही TV _______ . ( We watch TV)

A

बघ-तो

B

बघ-तात

C

बघ-ते

D

बघू-या

Question 9

कुत्रा _______ . ( Dog sleeps)

A

झेप-तो

B

झोप-तो

C

झोप-ते

D

झोप-णार

Question 10

मी सकाळी ________. ( I wake up in the morning)

A

ख-तो

B

उठ-तो/ते

C

पि-तो/ते

D

जेव-तो /ते.

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but if you are talking about -ती as a suffix behind the root verb like तो/ते, then it is used nowhere. You might have heard root verb-ते but certainly not root verb-ती.
for example : A boy would say मी खा-तो
A girl would say मी खा-ते but not मी खा-ती

Yes actually, it is. But, in your introduction in Marathi, rules for making sentences in present tense were not explained. This explains and also begins the verbs and their modifications in different tenses.

I know that असतो refers to a habitual action.
But, still it doesn’t clears the picture completely.Like what is a habitual action and even more there are other words similar:
असताना,असतो,असतानाच,असले,etc
can it be explained more clearly?